Health Care Fraud
Burlington, New Jersey, Doctor Arrested for Role in $20 Million Telemedicine Compounded Medication Scheme
NEWARK, N.J. – A Burlington, New Jersey, man was arrested Friday for his role in a telemedicine scheme to prescribe expensive compounded medications to patients who did not need them, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Dr. Bernard Ogon, 45, is charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He made…
Read MoreTexas Patient Recruiter Sentenced to 108 months in Prison for $3.6 Million Home Health Care Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON – A Houston, Texas-area patient recruiter was sentenced to 108 months in prison today for her role in a $3.6 million Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home health services. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas,…
Read MoreDallas Physicians and Nurses Sentenced to Prison for Role in $11 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Two Dallas doctors and three nurses were sentenced yesterday in an $11.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false and fraudulent claims for home health services. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge C.J. Porter of…
Read MoreWoman Indicted for Running Health Care Fraud Scheme from Prison
DALLAS — Alexis C. Norman, 46, of Midlothian, Texas has been indicted on felony offenses stemming from a health care fraud conspiracy she ran from prison that involved the submission of more than $810,000 in false claims to Medicaid, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Norman is scheduled to make…
Read MoreOwner of Apple of Your Eye Healthcare Services, Inc. Sentenced to 210 Months in Prison for Role in Fraud Conspiracy
DALLAS — Wilbert James Veasey, Jr., 65, of Dallas, was sentenced this morning in federal court in Dallas on a health care fraud conspiracy conviction, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Veasey was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 210 months in federal prison and order to…
Read MoreDoctor Heads to Prison for Home Health Care Fraud
Today, U.S. District Judge David Hittner, who presided over the trial, handed Dailey a 63-month sentence. He was further ordered to pay restitution of $913,620. Dailey will also be required to serve a term of three years of supervised release following completion of the prison term. At trial, the jury heard that from approximately 2009…
Read MoreNational Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges against 301 Individuals for Approximately $900 Million in False Billing
Most Defendants Charged and Largest Alleged Loss Amount in Strike Force History Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today an unprecedented nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 36 federal districts, resulting in criminal and civil charges against 301 individuals,…
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Kentucky Anesthesiologist Sentenced to 100 Months for Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances, Health Care Fraud, Conspiracy and Money Laundering Anesthesiologist Jaime Guerrero, 48, of Kentuckiana, Kentucky, was sentenced in federal court in Louisville, Kentucky, to 100 months in prison for his role in the unlawful distribution of controlled substances, including the prescription opioid hydrocodone without…
Read MoreDallas Doctor and Three Dallas-Area Home Health Agency Owners Convicted for Running Large-Scale, Sophisticated Health Care Fraud Scheme
DALLAS – Following a six-week-long trial before U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay and less than two days of deliberation, this afternoon a federal jury convicted a Dallas physician and three owners of home health agencies on various felony offenses, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud, stemming from their participation in a nearly…
Read MoreDallas firm that marketed compounded pain creams busted in massive health care fraud, kickback case
The owners of a Dallas firm that marketed pain and scar creams for North Texas drug compounding pharmacies were arrested Tuesday in connection with a large health care kickback scheme that bilked taxpayers out of $65 million, federal authorities said. Richard Robert Cesario, 44, of Plano, and John Paul Cooper, 47, of Southlake, were indicted,…
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